{"id":872875,"date":"2026-10-06T14:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/872875\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T14:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:46:16","slug":"4-hits-from-the-80s-that-are-perfect-for-being-young-and-in-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/872875\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Hits From the 80s That Are Perfect for Being Young and in Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 80s are known for producing a string of super epic hits, and that includes timeless love songs. Whether you\u2019re dancing to <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/the-cure-went-pop-instead-of-goth-for-their-first-us-top-40-hit\/\" id=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/the-cure-went-pop-instead-of-goth-for-their-first-us-top-40-hit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Cure<\/a>, or belting Foreigner in the car, it\u2019s hard to deny that the 80s are as romantic as it gets. Here are some tracks that are perfect for being young and in love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWake Me Up Before You Go-Go\u201d by Wham!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791297974_193_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Wham! hit sounds exactly like how it feels whenever you have a crush on someone. Apparently, a \u201cgo-go\u201d was actually another term for a dance club. In this song, the guy literally finds out that this girl he likes decided to go dancing while he was asleep. So, yes, he literally wants her to wake him up before she \u201cgo-go\u201d s. This song was intended to have a little bit of an old-timey feel, with Wham! referencing the Jitterbug within the song\u2019s first few bars.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHead Over Heels\u201d by Tears For Fears<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791297975_674_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Something happens when \u201cHead Over Heels\u201d plays: We just can\u2019t seem to get enough of it! This one, especially lyrically, feels a lot like young love. The premise of the song, after all, is that a guy is falling for a girl, and he begs her not to leave him heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust Like Heaven\u201d by The Cure<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791297975_979_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Considered by frontman Robert Smith to be \u201cthe best pop song The Cure have ever done,\u201d \u201cJust Like Heaven\u201d is a perfect expos\u00e9 on what it means to be infatuated with someone. Even though this song has a certain danceability to it, \u201cJust Like Heaven\u201d is extremely poetic, especially in the chorus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDancing in the deepest oceans \/ Twisting in the water \/ You\u2019re just like a dream \/ Just like a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Want To Know What Love Is\u201d by Foreigner<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791297976_775_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you\u2019re falling in love for the first time, it can be hard to know what\u2019s real and what\u2019s not. Foreigner perfectly encapsulates this feeling in their hit song, \u201cI Want To Know What Love Is\u201d. Mick Jones of Foreigner wrote this after experiencing \u201clove\u201d multiple times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u201c\u2026I\u2019d been through a lot of relationships that eventually failed, and still searching for something that could really endure,\u201d he shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/blog\/interviews\/mick-jones-of-foreigner\" id=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/blog\/interviews\/mick-jones-of-foreigner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Songfacts<\/a>. \u201cAnd that sort of took a life of its own as well\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo by: Paul Natkin\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 80s are known for producing a string of super epic hits, and that includes timeless love songs.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[20278,88,216,17172,2156],"class_list":["post-872875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-1980s","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-pop-music","tag-rock-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}